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war in the Pacific, 1944-1945

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An edition of Implacable foes (2017)

Implacable foes

war in the Pacific, 1944-1945

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"At the end of World War Two, Americans clamored for their troops to come home. Politics intruded upon military policy while a new and untested president struggled to strategize among a military command that was often mired in rivalry. The task of defeating the Japanese seemed nearly unsurmountable, even while plans to invade the home islands were being drawn. Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall warned of the toll that 'the agony of enduring battle' would likely take. General Douglas MacArthur clashed with Marshall and Admiral Nimitz over the most effective way to defeat the increasingly resilient Japanese combatants. In the midst of this division, the Army began a program of partial demobilization of troops in Europe, which depleted units at a time when they most needed experienced soldiers. In this context of military emergency, victory was salvaged by means of a horrific new weapon. As one Army staff officer admitted, 'The capitulation of Hirohito saved our necks.' In Implacable Foes, award-winning historians Waldo Heinrichs (a veteran of both theatres of war in World War II) and Marc Gallicchio bring to life the final year of World War Two in the Pacific right up to the dropping of the atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, evoking not only Japanese policies of desperate defense, but the sometimes rancorous debates on the home front. They deliver a gripping and provocative narrative that challenges the decision-making of U.S. leaders and delineates the consequences of prioritizing the European front. The result is a masterly work of military history that evaluates the nearly insurmountable trials associated with waging global war and the sacrifices necessary to succeed"--Provided by publisher.

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Table of Contents

Gaining momentum
Moving ahead on New Guinea, April-July, 1944
The Marianas campaign, June-August, 1944
Accelerating the advance, August-October, 1944
Leyte to Manila, October, 1944-March, 1945
Iwo Jima, February-March, 1945
Recovering Luzon, February-June, 1945
Beyond human endurance : taking all of the Philippines, February-June, 1945
Okinawa, April-June, 1945
Two down and one to go : the home front, March-June, 1945
Between peace and war, June-July, 1945
Potsdam, July-August, 1945
Surrender at last, August, 1945.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 597-665) and index.

Other Titles
War in the Pacific, 1944-1945

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/26
Library of Congress
D767 .H43 2017, D767.H43 2017

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 711 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
711

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26925392M
Internet Archive
implacablefoeswa0000hein_u8l8
ISBN 10
019061675X
ISBN 13
9780190616755
LCCN
2016040696
OCLC/WorldCat
962442415

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